Trump picks former State Dept official Alex Wong, former aide Gorka to serve in new administration

Record ID: 1859098

  • Title: Trump picks former State Dept official Alex Wong, former aide Gorka to serve in new administration
  • Date: 23rd November 2024
  • Summary: TAIPEI, TAIWAN (FILE - MARCH 21, 2018) (REUTERS) THEN-U.S. DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE, ALEX WONG, SEATED THEN-TAIWAN PRESIDENT, TSAI ING-WEN, LEAVING PODIUM, SHAKING HANDS WITH WONG TSAI SITTING DOWN / WONG WALKING TO PODIUM WONG SPEAKING WONG LEAVING PODIUM, SHAKING HANDS WITH OFFICIAL TSAI AND WONG TALKING ON STAGE GREELEY, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - OC
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2024 03:21
  • Keywords: Alex Wong Donald Trump NSA U.S. politics United States appointment politics
  • Location: INTERNET / TAIPEI, TAIWAN / GREELEY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • City: INTERNET / TAIPEI, TAIWAN / GREELEY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
  • Country: US
  • Topics: North America,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA003190723112024RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday (November 22) that he has chosen former State Department official Alex Wong to serve as deputy national security adviser.
    Wong, who served as deputy special representative for North Korea during the first Trump administration, "helped negotiate my Summit with North Korean Leader, Kim Jong Un”, Trump said in a statement.
    Trump also chose Sebastian Gorka to serve as White House senior director for counterterrorism, saying he had more than 30 years of national security experience.
    (Production: Keval Singh)
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